Lucky Wishbone

My go-​to place when I crave fried chicken. I generally prefer to patronize local businesses. The unique menu and bulletin boards with old newspaper clippings and letters from the 4H members always make me feel like I’m walking into a time warp. Although I’ve never ordered them, I like the fact that they still serve gizzards and livers. Their value meals are pretty funny and consist of the fried meat of your choice served with fries and garlic bread made with sliced white bread — a masterpiece in beige starch. I usually just get a few pieces of fried chicken which are always crunchy on the outside without too much batter and not too dry inside. It may have been a coincidence, but I noticed the last time I was there that all the employees seemed to be white anglo teenagers. Talk about a blast from the past…

Called here and was told they were out of chicken… lmao I’ve never gotten that one before. How dafuq you gonna run out of chicken if your a chicken joint???

Yummy burgers, great fries, and a good selection of craft beers. We went at lunch time when it was slower but could tell the atmosphere at night would be alive and fun. Check this place out!

I was quite pleased with my experience at Lucky Wishbone. It was clean and the service was fantastic (friendly and efficient). I no longer live in Tucson but spent many a childhood afternoon eating Lucky Wishbone, one of my Dad’s favorites so while in town decided to run by. My favorite thing as a child was the bread… well that hasn’t changed! It was still fabulous! And the rest of our order was good too. No complaints from any of the six hungry people awaiting for me to arrive with their dinner. So thumbs up to Lucky Wishbone, particularly the very friendly team that was working on the afternoon of Nov. 15^th.

Tucson staple. The steak fingers and house sauce are excellent. Heard they have great chicken. Love the fried shrimp. And they also have gizzards and others. This place is awesome!

The best Italian food in Tucson IMHO. No one does a better mussels marinara or grilled whole Bronzino than Lucky Wishbone!

I was born in Tucson and I love this city. One of the must-do’s when I visit is eat at The Lucky Wishbone. Their fried chicken livers are what I base all other chicken livers by. I dream about them & my Mom does too. There’s just something special about the salty-​hint of sweet, crunchy outside and soft yet firm livery inside that can make one swoon (or gag if you hate liver). I love the box the food comes in. When you get that white container with the red lettering & illustration of a boy & girl forever pulling on each side of a giant wishbone, the box heavy with promise, you lift the lid and there it all is, glorious fried nirvana! My Dad loved the steak fingers, my brother loved the chicken and my boyfriend (who was a skeptic until we vacationed in Tucson) loved the shrimp. Let’s face it, it’s an institution. The fries are good, the shrimp sauce is good, the place hardly changes through the years and that’s refreshing, when so many classics feel the need to constantly evolve. There are several stores, all in Tucson. They basically are all good. I’m surprised and sorry to read the negative reviews as I’ve never had a bad meal here. When you need something good and fried this is thee place to go! Even if you have to fly to get there.

The steak fingers seemed a little dry. When I go back, I think I will get all chicken. Now that was some good stuff.
The people there were great in helping with our choices. Sti

It was pretty darn tasty. I had the mom size fish and shrimp. Everything was hot and crisp. It’s definitely an artery clogger but will make this my go to for my greasy fried food fix as it’s close to my new house. Food came out fast and the staff was helpful as I didn’t see exactly what I was looking for on the menu. It may have been on there but it was my first time. You guys will be seeing me about every 4 to 6 weeks. See you in August!

My boyfriend has been dying to try this place after admiring everyones lucky wishbone t-​shirts around town for the last few years since moving here. Today we finally stopped in, its honestly not my kind of place, but I was trying to be a good sport. I got a fried fish sandwich which was actually really good. Seemed as fresh as a frozen fish patty could possibly be, crunchy, and overall hit the spot. His steak fingers were meh, but something we felt we had to try. Fries were good and BF loved his toast that they include.
My only real complaint was watching the Manager belittle a young employee over apparently a mis-​count on shrimp? I understand the need to correct a mistake but he spent the entire 10 minutes we were there waiting just rolling his eyes, making faces, ripping tickets off the line, and overall slamming things around and making me feel very uncomfortable. I found it completely unprofessional, and I commend the young girl working there who kept a smile the entire time and seemed quite good at her job compared to the immature manager.

I grew up eating this food and it’s a Tucson tradition for sure.
Southern fried steak fingers, fried shrimp, fried chicken, cole slaw, garlic toast. YUMMY.
This is good stuff. I still hear their jingle in my head that a dear family friend wrote every time I think of them, «For picnics, parties or dinner at home, good things are going at Lucky Wishbone!»

I have been coming here for 30 years, this is by far my #1 go to place in Tucson. My dad use to come here when it was just a dirt lot back in the 50’s. I always get a pop steak finger, chicken finger and shrimp. I call it the trifecta lol. I also get the double cheese burger on garlic toast. Damn I am hungry now.

I actually hate this place. Anytime I’ve ever eaten here its been out of desperation or against my will. The chicken fingers are actually pretty good (although the food always makes me sick). The employees look depressed and its probably from the décor and the toothless Walmart-​ish customers that come here. I love dives, but this place is just bad, bad, bad.

My son and I ordered hamburgers and fries. Order was quick food was good. When we got to our table it was very small. We opened our food and my son took a bite out of his hamburger set it down and reached for his fries and the hamburger fell on the floor. Well he went to tell the cashier (most managers at most restaurants will replace accidents like that) made us pay for another burger. My son asked to see the manager his name was Michael we were approached by a manager no smile no how csn I help you but an attitude of total disgust. My son told him what happened and he walked away. In the meantime I cleaned up the best I could no one was sent to even mop up the floor. Get it together Lucky Wishbone

So I had to come back to this place. I think the Jalepeño poppers were stuck in my mind, because for 2 weeks, I’ve been craving them.
I came in here and purchased 2 orders of Jalepeño poppers and a medium soda. Oh man, It’s like the Jalepeño poppers get better every single time I order them.
The staff was nice as usual, very friendly, and absolutely understanding in my love for Jalepeño poppers.

There are a few things that I really liked from this place that are hard to get at other establishment’s wich has led to me being a repeat customer when I’m in the area. Well that will no longer be the case after this past week, on both occasions in the past week that I visited this establishment to get food there was a person just hanging out with no shirt on just sitting at one of the tables next to the counter. If one thing instills confidence in me that an establishment is clean and sanitary it is them letting a customer just hang out shirtless and sweaty for all to see… NOT!

I really, really wanted to like this place because it’s conveniently close and ‘Lucky Wishbone’ sounds good. My mouth was watering as I approached this old Tucson icon.
There’s a row of wooden chairs up front where people settle-​in to wait for their food to be ready. I felt like I was in the middle of some 1950’s Tucson ritual.
I do like my fried chicken, but their thighs came from some pint-​sized mini-​chickens. They were about half the size of what I expected. I know darn well how big a chicken thigh ought to be, and these little nubbins could not measure-​up on my appetite scale. Within minutes I was fondly remembering thighs of brute size and spicy flavor at Church’s and Popeyes, and wondering what was the big deal here? Why was this place so well established? I’ll have to come back and explore the menu, maybe there’s something here that justifies the love a lot of people have for this place.

A waste of money. The service is awful and the food tastes like cardboard. If you’re starving and looking for something new to try, put your foot in your mouth. It’s cheaper and will taste better.

Still in love with Lucky Wishbone. My favorite will always be the chicken livers, but my family is more than me, so here’s their favorites. My husband loves the gizzards, just like my beloved livers, this is the only place to find them in Tucson. My daughters enjoy the chicken fingers, steak fingers and shrimp, both fried and cocktail. We’re not too crazy about the sides with the exception of the delicious, sinful, garlic butter Texas toast. I wish they would do fried okra, but I really have no problem making it at home. Another plus is their dipping sauce. It’s basically cocktail sauce, but no one outside of my husband prepares it better. Trust me, he is a cocktail sauce snob and he will only eat his and Lucky Wishbone’s! Yes, everything is fried and no it isn’t healthy. Everything in moderation, treat yourself once in a while to some greasy, delicious food!

Mom and I were out running errands and decided to grab a quick lunch. We drove by Lucky Wishbone and realized we hadn’t eaten here in a while so made a quick turn-​around and there we were.
Mom got the mom-​sized chicken livers and 2 chicken legs. I had the mom-​sized fried shrimp. I love their Lucky Wishbone sauce (cocktail sauce??) and dip both the shrimp and fries into it. The garlic bread is listed as one to Tucson’s 100 essential dishes and I wholeheartedly agree. BTW, the chicken livers are always good here too.
This store has a wide range of customers. We saw Air Force, cowboys, office workers, retirees, homeless and a couple moms with kids. Something about being close to midtown I guess? It made for fun people watching for sure!
The food and the service make this a great place to stop for a quick bite to eat and a Tucson tradition!